, 1887-09-01
Pennsylvania Democrats.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Aug. 3l.-The Dem
ocratlc state convention convened at noon,
with every delegation full and a large at
tendance of prominent state and local
politicians. The galleries were iammed
with spectators, and the boxes were well
filled with newspaper correspondents and
politicians. The most conspicuous alb
sentec was ex Senator VIM. A. Wallace,
whose failure to meet his old time foe
from the second congressional district has
been the marked incident Of the gather.
ing. Randall was the most interesting
figure in the Philadelphia delegation. Mr..
Scots appearance as a delegate was the
result of the late conference of
the anti-Randall leaders, when
it was determined that Scott
should go upon the committee on resolu-
tons and contest with Randall for the
Craftsmanship of the body.
At exactly II o'clock Dallas Sanders
called the convention to order. Exon
gresham George Post was made tempo
rary chairman. During the course of his
address he said:
I'm some quarters there is an evident at
tempt to convey the impression that Pres
ident Cleveland is inimical to the wounded
and decrepit veterans of the late war, and
yet he has approved in the past two years
more private pension bills than were
signed by Republican presidents in twelve
years, and all pension legislation which
was calculated to afford relief to crippled
soldiers, and the widows and orphans OF
deceased soldiers, have been approved by
him
After Posts speech, w. j. Herman
moved that when the convention adjourn
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low the committee on resolutions to pre-
at this point, when Randall arose and
suggested that the time of r~econvening be
fixed at 4 o'clock.
When the second district congressman
got Upon his feet, there was a warm
round of applause. He suggested that a
longer recess would better serve the MEM
bers of the committee. Some one then
moved hat Kernan's resolution be
amended so as to make the hour 4 o'clock
in accordance with Kendall's proposition.
When the question on the amendment
was put, the chair was unable to decide
whether it had been carried or not. 1t
was finally agreed to take a vote upon the
subsequent amendment and to make the
hour $3.50 o'clock, and this was adopted.
A list of the members of the committee
OF resolutions was then announced and
the convention adjourned.
The committee on resolutions met at
once, and on motion of Randall, William
l.. Scott was made chairman and a sub,
committee Of SIX was appointed by the
chair to prepare a report for the consid.
Grafton of the general committee which
was to meet in an hour. The sub-com-
mittee consisted of w. l.. Scott, Saml.
j. Randall, ex- Ex-Governor Curtin, Robt.
f. Wright, s. T. Neal and j. B. Storm.
The committee on resolutions unani-
mously reported the platform, which was
adopted. The platform reviews the allie.
glance to the principles of the platform
adopted at Chicago in 1884; endorses the
administration Of President Cleveland;
favors liberal pensions to deserving Union
soldiers and sailors; commends the ma
tional administration in retaining and
throwing open for actual settlement over
100, O0O, 900 acres of land ~wrongfully held
by corporations, and sympathizes with the
Irish people in their effort to obtain home
rule.